Henry Knox
Henry Knox
Henry Knoxwas a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, who also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 July 1750
CountryUnited States of America
war failure done
Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.
against composed federal operating peace since thirteen
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.
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First, I think it proper to express my unshaken opinion of the immortality of my soul or mind; and to dedicate and devote the same to the supreme head of the Universe - to that great and tremendous Jehovah, - Who created the universal frame of nature, worlds, and systems in number infinite . . . To this awfully sublime Being do I resign my spirit with unlimited confidence of His mercy and protection . . .